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        | (1) A business (or firm) that engages in international (cross-border) economic activities and/ or (2) the action of doing busi-ness abroad. |  
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        | International business (IB) |  
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        | A firm that engages in foreign direct investment (FDI). |  
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        | Multinational enterprise (MNE) |  
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        | Investment in, controlling, and managing value-added activities in other countries. |  
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        | Foreign direct investment (FDI) |  
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        | Business around the globe. |  
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        | A term that has gradually re-placed the term “developing countries” since the 1990s. |  
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        | A term that is often used in-terchangeably with “emerging economies.” |  
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        | The sum of value added by resident firms, households, and governments operating in an economy. |  
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        | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |  
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